Pim van Manen

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Young love makes the key scene in a period piece<p>The summer of 1989 is long over, and so are the events of <i>Firewatch</i>, the mystery-adventure video game set in that year, which launched just two weeks ago. But it all lingers with the quality of real memories because, like the late 1980s, everyone is …

Between making massive new <i>Elder Scrolls</i> and <i>Fallout</i> games every few years, you would think that Bethesda doesn’t have time for much else. But this week at DICE (where <i>Fallout 4</i> won GOTY), Todd Howard spoke about three mystery projects Bethesda is working on that presumably don’t have to do with their …

<i>DOOM</i> lands this coming May, Bethesda Softworks announced today. The publisher also released details about the collector’s edition and a new campaign trailer.<p>The collector’s edition of the game will come with a foot-tall statue of the Revenant demon, modeled after the in-game monstrosity by …

Japanese design firm Nendo has a knack for taking everyday objects like umbrellas and rendering them in a simple, thoughtful, modern form. But now the group has turned its focus to redesigning some more specific subjects — the characters of <i>Star Wars</i>. Nendo has created new, aggressively minimalist …

It’s officially February, meaning fans are on high alert for the return of the <i>Overwatch</i> beta. Blizzard says should appear sometime this month, hopefully sooner, rather than later.<p>I was one of the lucky few to get beta access last time, and as you may recall from my past articles, the game made …

This week, EA made headlines because they released an estimate which said that 55 million new-gen consoles had been sold so far. That’s a headline because when you take Sony’s freely offered-up figures of 36 million PS4s sold, that leaves 19 million Xbox Ones, meaning it’s being outsold almost 2:1. …

Super-fast, super-slow FPS delivers a hail of gunfire this month<p><i>Superhot</i>, the unusual super-fast/super-slow first person shooter that got a lot of attention over the past year, has set Feb. 25 for its launch date on Windows PC, Mac and Linux.<p>A version also will be coming to Xbox One about a month …

It's been about two months since Engadget's updated its buyer's guide -- we were busy eating holiday cookies, preparing for CES, <i>going</i> to CES and then recovering from CES (phew). Fortunately, though, even in those nine weeks, we haven't actually reviewed much that we think is worth of our shortlist. …

In the video above, I explain why I instantly I like this game … and it’s simple. I can take my head off, float around and attach it to other bodies and objects. From the start, not a boring game. <i>Headlander</i> has a ’70s and ’80s sci-fi whimsy that kept me smiling through the entire demo. Solid puzzle …

The cancellation of <i>Ant Simulator</i> is one of the most disheartening stories about crowdfunding indie games I’ve heard. It’s also one of the most outrageous and crazy, filled with betrayal and greed and tragedy.<p>Lead programmer Eric Tereshinski, along with two business partners, raised money on …

"It will consume you, change you ... into something else."<p>"Consequences of Advanced Spellcasting," the third episode of <i>The Magicians</i>, lives up to its name: It reiterates that magic can completely screw up your life if it's used carelessly.<p><i>The Magicians</i>' two-episode premiere, which aired a week ago, …

It's been five years since the game's original announcement<p>Cobalt will launch Feb. 2, Mojang has announced, meaning five years after it was first announced Mojang will finally publish its first third-party game.<p>The game will launch for Windows PC (via Steam), Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and cost $19.99. …

Square Enix’s new <i>Hitman</i> has had something of a schizophrenic content strategy until now, waffling in between an episodic and a full retail release in a fashion that made it pretty hard to figure out what the game was actually going to look like when it hit. Now, it would seem, we’ve got an answer —</i> …

Video-games exist to entertain. Parents keep family struggles private. Christian developers don’t bring Jesus into their work. Cancer has to be battled and death is to be feared.<p><i>That Dragon, Cancer</i> wonderfully breaks these rules with its challenging and intimate invitation to share the Green …

This week, Xbox One owners who subscribe to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold service can play a bunch of games for free.<p>EA Access is opening its Vault to Xbox One gamers for a week, hoping to lure in new subscribers in the process. Subscribers also get 10% off new game purchases, which is a nice cherry …